Definition of Taterdemalion
Tat`ter*de*mal"ion (?), n. [Tatter +
OF. desmaillier to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF.
maillon long clothes, swadding clothes, F. maillot. See
Tatter, and Mail armor.] A ragged fellow; a
ragamuffin. L'Estrange.
Tat`ter*de*mal"ion (?), n. [Tatter +
OF. desmaillier to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF.
maillon long clothes, swadding clothes, F. maillot. See
Tatter, and Mail armor.] A ragged fellow; a
ragamuffin. L'Estrange.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
TATTERDEMALION. A ragged fellow, whose clothes hang
all in tatters.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- (a) Person with tattered clothing, a pauper.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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